25 Then Saul said, “Thus shall you say to David, ‘The king desires no (A)bride-price except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, (B)that he may be avenged of the king's enemies.’” (C)Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. 26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law. (D)Before the time had expired, 27 David arose and went, (E)along with his men, and killed two hundred of the Philistines. (F)And David brought their foreskins, which were given in full number to the king, that he might become the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him his daughter Michal for a wife.

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